The role of colour in signalling and male choice in the agamid lizard Ctenophorus ornatus

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1442, 2000, Pages 445-452

  LeBas, Natasha R ^a   Marshall, N Justin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ctenophorus ornatus; Female coloration; Male choice; Sexual dichromatism; Spectral reflectance; UV signalling

Indexed keywords

COLOR; LIZARD; MATE CHOICE; SIGNALING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; COLOR; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST; FEMALE; LIZARD; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THORAX; THROAT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AGAMIDAE; ANIMALIA; CTENOPHORUS ORNATUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0034615632     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1020     Document Type: Article

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